Comparison of Brain Activation between Conventional Treadmill and Interactive Treadmill by using fNIRS

Seunghue Oh1, Minsu Song2, Jonghyun Kim

  • 1DGIST
  • 2DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology)

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11:30 - 13:30 | Fri 26 May | Emerald III, Rose, Narcissus & Jasmine | FrPS1T1.50

Session: Poster I

Abstract

Interactive treadmill was developed to solve the conventional treadmill problem. In this study, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) was utilized to evaluate activation frontoparietal lobe of the brain during both treadmills walking. Twenty healthy subjects participated in the experiment and two kinds of desired walking speeds (slow/fast) were provided. The results showed that in both speeds PFC cortical activation was additionally facilitated under interactive treadmill, and oxyHb concentration on the interactive treadmill use was increased at fast speed.